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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

by Gabrielle Zevin

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Publisher Comments:

If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss.

She wouldnt have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldnt have hit her head on the steps.

She wouldnt have woken up in an ambulance with amnesia.

She certainly would have remembered her boyfriend, Ace. She might even have remembered why she fell in love with him in the first place.

She would understand why her best friend, Will, keeps calling her “Chief.” Shed get all his inside jokes, and maybe he wouldnt be so frustrated with her for forgetting things she cant possibly remember.

Shed know about her moms new family.

Shed know about her dads fiancée.

She wouldnt have to spend her junior year relearning all the French she supposedly knew already.

She never would have met James, the boy with the questionable past and the even fuzzier future, who tells her he once wanted to kiss her.

She wouldnt have wanted to kiss him back.

But Naomi picked heads.

Synopsis:

If Naomi had picked tails instead of heads, she wouldn't have hit her head on the way to get the yearbook camera and wouldn't have awakened in an ambulance with amnesia. Zevin crafts an imaginative work about love and second chances, in this ALA Best Book for Young Adults.

Synopsis:

Sometimes, a girl needs to lose.

About the Author

Gabrielle Zevins debut novel, Elsewhere, was an ALA Notable Book and a Quills Book Award nominee. Of her writing, The New York Times Book Review said, “Zevins touch is marvelously light even as she considers profundities.” She lives in New York City. You can visit her on the web at www.memoirsofa.com.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780312561284
Author:
Zevin, Gabrielle
Publisher:
Square Fish
Subject:
Situations / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Subject:
Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Subject:
Love & Romance
Subject:
Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings
Subject:
Situations / Adolescence
Subject:
Social Issues - General
Subject:
Friendship
Subject:
Schools
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
June 2009
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 9
Language:
English
Pages:
284
Dimensions:
828x570x76 59
Age Level:
14-17

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